This 2015 video is called Common Cranes. Dancing birds in springtime. From Dutch NOS TV today (translated): There are more and more breeding cranes in the Netherlands. According to BirdLife in the Netherlands, this year there was a record number of 32 pairs, ten more than last year and four times as many as in […]
via 32 crane nests in the Netherlands — Dear Kitty. Some blog
Some of my favorite birding areas in the entire state of Virginia are on the coast: Virginia Beach and Northampton and Accomack Counties on the Eastern Shore. Back Bay NWR, Pleasure House Point, Eastern Shore of Virginia NWR, Magothy Bay Natural Area Preserve, Kiptopeke State Park and Chincoteague NWR are some of the best spots. […]
via Shorebird Habitat Conservation on the Eastern Shore of Virginia — Birds and Buds
Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic Creative Critically Endangered. The largest flying bird in North America, the California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) has a wingspan of nearly ten feet. A captive-breeding program is slowly restoring the species, its numbers reduced to a few dozen by egg poaching and poisons in the 1970s. Photographed at Phoenix Zoo, […]
via The Californian Condor is disappearing. — Old Guv Legends
This video from the Netherlands is about thirty beautiful birds singing: 1. BLUETHROAT 2. BEARDED TIT 3. BULLFINCH 4. GOLDEN ORIOLE 5. BOHEMIAN WAXWING (wrongly called CEDAR WAXWING in the video) 6. KINGFISHER 7. GOLDFINCH 8. HAWFINCH 9. ICTERINE WARBLER 10. LONG-TAILED TIT 11. MARSH TIT 12. COMMON REDPOLL 13. GREENFINCH 14. CRESTED TIT 15. […]
via Thirty beautiful singing birds, video — Dear Kitty. Some blog
The New York Times reports The birds have been in precipitous decline, especially since the 2000s, both in Iceland and across many of their Atlantic habitats. The potential culprits are many: fickle prey, overfishing, pollution. Scientists say that climate change is another underlying factor that is diminishing food supplies and is likely to become more […]
Austin Thomas http://goo.gl/iSKeF6 Owls are absolutely stunning creatures – their deep and piercing eyes and haunting hoots are the stuff of myths and folktales. Perhaps that’s why we love these beautiful owl photos so much! Paul Bannick http://goo.gl/2jHw2i Since ancient times, owls have captured the imaginations of various cultures as harbingers of death, doom, bad […]
Prinia subflava Tawny-flanked Prinias are small birds, weighing less than 10g but (thanks to their long tails) attaining a length of around 13cm. They are usually seen in pairs or small family groups, and inhabit dense grass and shrubbery, often along water courses and in gardens. They feed almost entirely on insects and other invertebrates. […]
